About This Item
Title
American Surgical Association
Subject
Societies, Medical
General Surgery
Physicians
American Surgical Association
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Photographs
Portraits
Description
Members attending annual meeting, Army Medical Museum, Washington, D.C., April 28 - May 1, 1886.
Inscription: American Surgical Association Army Medical Museum/April 30, 1886/(Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.)
Front of image: Attendees identified.
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 27, photo no. 6
Philadelphia General Hospital was originally part of the Philadelphia Almshouse, which was founded in 1731 for the city’s poor, elderly and indigent. Nicknamed “Old Blockley,” because of its location in Blockley Township of West Philadelphia, the hospital was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital in 1919. The hospital eventually closed in 1977. The images in this collection have been compiled from a number of sources but appear to be predominantly from the personal photo albums of attending physicians.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1886
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_27_6
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
District of Columbia
Original Format
1 photograph
Physical Dimensions
23 x 33.5 cm
Citation
“American Surgical Association,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/807.